Health psychology sample exam

1. Etiology refers to
A. causes of illness.
B. a special kind of disease state.
C. healthy behavior.
D. stress effects.
Answer: A
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2. The humoral theory was put to rest by
A. the medieval church.
B. the rising belief in demonology.
C. Freud’s work on conversion hysteria.
D. a growing understanding of cellular pathology.
Answer: D
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3. Glove anesthesia
A. is rarely seen today.
B. is a response to highly stressful events.
C. is the term used when the hand, but not other parts of the arm, loses sensation.
D. all of the above.
Answer: D
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4. Currently health is defined as:
A. it was in 1948 by the World Health Organization
B. a balance among physical, mental, and social well being
C. achieving health in at least one stage of life development
D. being healthy even with bad health habits
Answer: B
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5. _______________ assesses the extent to which a group of individuals or a relationship between two variables changes over time.
A. Experiments
B. Prospective research
C. Retrospective research
D. Correlational research
Answer: B
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6. A single-factor model of illness assumes that
A. there is one ultimate cause of all illnesses.
B. health should be emphasized over illness.
C. illness can be explained in terms of biological disorder.
D. all of the above
Answer: C
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7. Health psychologists typically are employed
A. in academic settings, where they conduct research programs in health psychology.
B. in industrial or occupational health settings.
C. as clinicians who work with medical patients.
D. all of the above.
Answer: D
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8. The _______________ nervous system connects the central nervous system with all internal organs.
A. peripheral
B. automatic
C. autonomic
D. somatic
Answer: C
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9. Catecholamines are
A. exogenes.